After I set up my Google Page as my homepage earlier in the course, I started looking for a couple of RSS feeds to add to the page - it is such a terrific way to have a quick scan of the news when I don't have a leisurely amount of time to sift through a 'real' newspaper. I have now 4 RSS feeds on my page - The Age, The Australian, Google News and the RSS feed from the Centre for Public Christianity.
I wonder how long it will be before the big media companies start charging a subscription for these free feeds - surely it must reduce their income if people are gearing more towards these RSS options than buying a hard copy of the news.
I am sure that the Discovery Centre at our school will be actively looking at ways to use RSS feeds to access many articles on various topics. The potential for this is wonderful from an educational perspective!
I am so pleased you enjoyed checking out RSS feeds. It sounds like you have set up some really valuable feeds which will prove to be a great time-saver!!
ReplyDeleteYou are very right about the use of this in the DC. A real change in now upon us - direct learning stright to the researcher! Really quick, really relevant and just needs to be READ!
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